Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the ICA Global Cooperative Conference 2024 and launched the UN International Year of Cooperatives 2025, saying that the conference will provide insights into India’s future cooperative journey.
With candor and compassion, Mabinty and Serena determine how mutual aid builds community and increases feelings of empowerment. While charity intitivaties in Canada may have positive intentions, its impact cannot compare to that of mutual aid - which Mabinty highlights with her experiences in leading cooperative banking and supporting her community with it. Listen in as our newest guest and host advocate for expertise to be seen as real-life experiences, reminding us that no matter the cultural context, mutual aid never loses its value and potential.
“The tableware brand that thousands of Spaniards grew up with is back on its feet.” That was one of the headlines about the conversion of France's legendary Duralex tempered glass manufacturer into a worker cooperative (SCOP, in French). After years being run by managers who barely knew the French brand and who failed the company in terms of industrial and social maintenance, more than 140 of the company's 226 workers decided to join the cooperative in July 2024.
Key Thoughts on SEWA Cooperatives based on Ela Bhatt’s Speeches and Publications
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in early 2020, millions of Americans across the country were suddenly out of work and unable to afford food, rent, and other basic needs — and few sources of help existed. Out of that necessity, hundreds of groups sprang into action to meet those needs for their community members directly. Many of these were progressive base-building organizations that were adopting mutual aid as a practice for the first time or scaling up existing efforts that integrated mutual aid and power-building.
Union Co-ops Council – This year, we connected with workers at REI as they wage a national organizing campaign at the co-op to be in solidarity and not let REI use their co-op brand to union bust.
The 2025 International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) was officially launched at the ICA Global Cooperative Conference and General Assembly, in New Delhi, India — and your Neighboring Food Co-ops were there!
On a chilly Sunday afternoon, a line of people wraps around the Irving Middle School Rec Center in Norman. They’re attending Red Dirt Collective’s mutual aid fair, where people can get food, clothes, and other resources at no cost.
“We’re kind of just trying to have everything in one place so people can walk across the street and get the stuff they need and also connect with each other and have conversations and get to know their neighbors,” said Ashley Creed, Red Dirt Collective’s director of mutual aid.
